A Reflective Journey Through...
I have always loved Animoto, but lately I've felt as though I'm overusing that site and am ready for new ideas. After using Animoto for book trailer projects with students, to share author visit photos with parents and sponsors of the visits, to capture photos of various units in class, and even to make lesson introductions more engaging, I was elated to be able to learn some of the "Explainer Tools" in this lesson!
Recently, my students were captivated by a Grace Hopper video we watched in class in conjunction with the book Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code by Laurie Wallmark. As we watched the video, I remember wishing I could draw so that I could create movies like that one. I love how tools like Powtoon and Moovly make that dream a reality! After playing with Moovly a bit, I was able to create an author visit announcement. With the free trial, I am not able to download my video, and it is not currently playing through its gallery link, so here is a rough version in the meantime so that you can see it (I am able to access the real one in my dashboard anytime by logging into my Moovly account). This first attempt is far from fancy, but it gave me the confidence I need to delve more into both Moovly and Powtoon throughout the future as I expand my repertoire of teaching tools!
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Polly A Farrington
3/21/2018 06:54:43 pm
Wow!! That moovly came out great! Really impressed. Did you grab the video youi shared on Drive by using a screencasting tool? Clever!
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